Black Knight’s First Look: Delinquency Rate Entering 2019 Lowest of Any Year Since the Turn of the Century

– Despite rising seasonally in recent months, only 3.9 percent of mortgages were delinquent as of December month-end, the lowest year-end total since Black Knight began reporting the figure in 2000

– The national foreclosure rate, while also edging seasonally upward in December, posted the lowest year-end figure since 2005, with just 0.52 percent of mortgages in active foreclosure

– Foreclosure starts edged slightly upward with 46,300 starts reported for the month, a 2.4 percent uptick over November

– Foreclosure starts were also up 4 percent year-over-year in December, though this increase was primarily driven by suppressed foreclosure start volumes in late 2017 due to hurricane-related moratoriums

– Prepayments remained nearly unchanged in December, holding near the 10-year low set in November

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE: BKI) reports the following “first look” at December 2018 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database representing the majority of the national mortgage market.

Total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure): 3.88%
Month-over-month change: 4.71%
Year-over-year change: -17.55%

Total U.S. foreclosure pre-sale inventory rate: 0.52%
Month-over-month change: 1.19%
Year-over-year change: -19.23%

Total U.S. foreclosure starts: 46,300
Month-over-month change: 2.43%
Year-over-year change: 4.04%

Monthly prepayment rate (SMM): 0.66%
Month-over-month change: 0.03%
Year-over-year change: -29.02%

Foreclosure sales as % of 90+: 1.38%
Month-over-month change: -22.47%
Year-over-year change: 12.29%

Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 2,013,000
Month-over-month change: 88,000
Year-over-year change: -399,000

Number of properties that are 90 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 511,000
Month-over-month change: 1,000
Year-over-year change: -215,000

Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: 271,000
Month-over-month change: 3,000
Year-over-year change: -60,000

Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due or in foreclosure: 2,283,000
Month-over-month change: 90,000
Year-over-year change: -460,000

For a more detailed view of this month’s “first look” data, please visit the Black Knight newsroom.

The company will provide a more in-depth review of this data in its monthly Mortgage Monitor report, which includes an analysis of data supplemented by detailed charts and graphs that reflect trend and point-in-time observations. The Mortgage Monitor report will be available online at https://www.blackknightinc.com/data-reports/ by Feb. 4, 2019.

For more information about gaining access to Black Knight’s loan-level database, please send an email to Mortgage.Monitor@bkfs.com.

About Black Knight

Black Knight (NYSE: BKI) is a leading provider of integrated software, data and analytics solutions that facilitate and automate many of the business processes across the homeownership lifecycle.

As a leading fintech, Black Knight is committed to being a premier business partner that clients rely on to achieve their strategic goals, realize greater success and better serve their customers by delivering best-in-class software, services and insights with a relentless commitment to excellence, innovation, integrity and leadership. For more information on Black Knight, please visit www.blackknightinc.com.

SOURCE Black Knight, Inc.

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